[Fungal contamination of hydrophilic contact lenses (author's transl)].

A study was conducted on 113 contact lens showing fungal colonies. The main genus isolated was Cepohalosporium (59.4 p. cent). Lens contamination is favoured by a major factor: contact lens spoliation, a secondary factor being inadequate contact lens maintenance. This contamination raises an economic problem, as every affected contact lens must be replaced.